Nikon COOLPIXSP500BLK, COOLPIXP500BK Focus and Shoot, During Recording, Autofocus, Focus Lock

Step 3 Focus and Shoot

BDuring Recording

While the indicator showing the number of exposures remaining is blinking, images are being recorded. Do not open the battery-chamber/memory card slot cover. Cutting the power or removing the memory card in these circumstances could result in loss of data or in damage to the camera or card.

BAutofocus

Autofocus may not perform as expected in the following situations. In some rare cases, the subject may not be in focus despite the fact that the active focus area or focus indicator lights in green:

•Subject is very dark

•Objects of sharply differing brightness are included in the scene (e.g. the sun behind the subject makes that subject appear very dark)

•No contrast between the subject and surroundings (e.g. a portrait subject, wearing a white shirt, is standing in front of a white wall)

•Several objects are at different distances from the camera (e.g., an animal inside a cage)

•Subjects that repeat the same pattern (e.g., window blinds, buildings with multiple rows of similarly shaped windows)

•Subject is moving rapidly

In the situations noted above, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway to refocus several times, or focus on another subject and use focus lock. When using focus lock, be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject with which focus was locked is the same as that for the actual subject.

The camera can also be focused using manual focus (A42).

DFocus Lock

Use focus lock to focus on off-center subjects when Center is selected for AF area mode.

•Be sure that the distance between the camera and the subject does not change.

•When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway, the exposure is locked.

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

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Position the	Press the
subject at the	shutter-
center of the	release
frame.	button
	halfway.

DAF-assist illuminator

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Confirm that	Continue holding	Press the
the focus area	down the shutter-	shutter-release
lights in green.	release button	button the rest
	halfway and	of the way
	recompose the	down to shoot.
	picture.

When lighting is dim, the AF-assist illuminator (A196) may light when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

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